Food prices - can't keep up!

And some items are not just going up by a few pence. In the supermarket yesterday I noticed more than a fifty pence increase in some items which I buy regularly.

I did take advantage, while I was in there, of it's £1 for soup roll and unlimited drinks offer.
Where else can you get a cup of coffee for £1, when out.

Should say that the soup was probably a small bowl. But even so.

Its a great offer, i agree

Totally feel this! It seems like every time I go shopping, the prices have gone up again. It's getting harder to budget, especially for families trying to keep meals healthy and affordable. Honestly, even snacks at convenience stores are getting pricey. Lately, I’ve been turning to more cost-effective options at work, like finding a good vending machine service near me that actually stocks decent and reasonably priced snacks. It’s the little things that help stretch the budget!

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David49

You have to remember food prices are much higher in other countries, including EU, Australia and NZ, a weak sterling does not help, weather events make it worse.

Yes food is much more expensive in European countries. My German family pay twice as much for a cucumber as do I. Seems strange when coming from a nearer destination, eg Nederlands.

mabon1

Shop in Aldi and Lidl, their rices are cheaper than Asda and who ever shows in Waitrose these days? Wealthy people and snobs.

Oh dear, my daughter shops there, and is neither.
What an awful generalisation.

mokryna

Harv1
Food prices would have been cheaper if the UK had kept in the EU.

No they would not. How do you explain €5.80 for 250 grams of butter in Germany, £1,99 in my local Tesco.??

Redhead56

I have a neighbour who works for a supermarket she told me there are lots of staff off sick constantly. The store won’t take on more staff and because of staff shortages certain counters are unstaffed and closed.
The staff who are working spend all their shift constantly moving stock around shelves in aisles etc. Each time stock is moved the product is priced up and its every day. The government put up retailers costs and we get to pay for it we consumers can’t win.

The fish counter, cheese counter and npbakery have closed at our nearest supermarket.

Items are constantly moved around and I was told it was to deter shoplifters but it makes it confusing for shoppers, especially if you are shopping in a hurry.

I am in favour of farmers getting a fair price so I know prices will go up now but supermarkets do make enormous profits.

Freya5

mabon1

Shop in Aldi and Lidl, their rices are cheaper than Asda and who ever shows in Waitrose these days? Wealthy people and snobs.

Oh dear, my daughter shops there, and is neither.
What an awful generalisation.

I'm such a snob (must be, because I'm not wealthy!).
But I shop in Lidl too. And Tesco!

Am I just confused?

What’s causing it all? I agree it is getting ridiculous. When will it end? Yesterday we went out for coffee at a garden centre. A slice of cake was almost £5. We are taking our own snacks from now on.